5 Tips for Beginners to Grow More Food in a Small Garden
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Today I share my top 5 tips to help beginning gardeners grow more food in a small garden.
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Highlights:
0:16 Grow high yielding crops
2:04 Grow in beds
3:42 Plant intensively
4:47 Grow vertically
6:40 Grow in containers
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Another great video, Patrick. Two things came to mind since this is for beginner gardeners: 1. No matter what you do, if you don't have good soil, your yields will suffer. 2. To ensure you are capturing the highest yields, follow the recommendations for planting dates as well as varieties suitable for your area. I am originally from the Midwest, but now live in North Texas, and it is so very different here. Until I followed those two foundational rules, I was a very frustrated veggie gardener!
Thanks for all the inspiration!
Thanks! You're right. Good soil and getting the timing right are essential.
The more I think of myself as a veteran gardener the more I need to remind myself of basics. This was a great reminder, thanks!
You're welcome, Douglas!
you know this "intensive planting" sounds really good but you also have to consider where you are located. Here in Ireland, for example where our weather is generally cool and wet, intensive / high density planting means that fungal disease can spread super fast, but pests like aphids and caterpillars can hide easily and have good time too because it is much harder for beneficial bugs to find them in the dense foliage. This was one of my first big lessons i had to learn, that in this weather we simply must leave enough space between plants for air if we want to have anything to harvest.
Hi Sandra! Yes, you definitely want to adjust planting strategies to local climates. We grow in polycultures to minimize spread of pests and diseases. Charles Dowding grows intensively, and his climate may be similar to yours. I definitely recommend checking out his UA-cam channel.
@@OneYardRevolution If you watch his videos though he keeps everything very neat with airflow in-between. I feel like as long as leaves have the opportunity to dry out between getting soaked -- whatever spacing allows you to achieve that in whatever climate and season you are growing in -- I think maybe that's what we should be aiming for? I'm in zone 8 and one time I tried to take this polyculture with different arugula, lettuces and carrots that was very densely planted as far as I could into winter. As soon as we got a couple of weeks with straight rain, everything was still alive of course but covered in little necrotic spots and no longer appetizing. Not sure if spacing could have made that experiment go a bit longer, I don't actually know if it was fungal disease.
We used to have 4 ft wide beds, but as I often grow vertically, I often was having to reach all the was across, I will never have wider than 3 feet again. My back is much happier!
Yeah, 4 feet feet can be a bit of a stretch for some folks.
This video really makes me exited for this years growing season. :)
Your video was great. Love your food forest..Thank you for sharing
Love it when ppl overview their list in the end. Thank you!
I always look forward to seeing your videos! Great tips thanks for sharing
Thanks Louisa!
Incredibly inspiring -- we just moved into a place with a relatively small yard.
Love your videos!!!!
Super practical! Thanks for helping us gardeners produce the best we can!!! God bless you Patrick!!
Great video! I'm very informative and easy to understand. I will check out the second book you recommended. Thanks for sharing your garden space with us
Thanks Denise!
Great pro-tips and thank you for sharing. I'm going to implement your tips this year at my house.
Thanks Daniel! Best wishes with your garden.
love your use of space
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks.
Thanks Charles!
A very well done video. Subscribed.
Always great to watch your videos Patrick
Thanks Steve!
Extremely helpful. Well organized. well explained. I already feel like I can do this thing!
Thanks! You can!
Thanks Patrick very helpful
Thanks Pereti!
Great information and your garden looks wonderful and very productive
Thanks Katherine!
Just wanted to chime in that you have a great channel. I have been following for a long time and you are awesome. Thanks for the time and energy you invest to produce the great episodes.
Thanks! That's very nice of you to say.
I have one third of your space, and no soil ground, it’s all cement, so my vegetables are in pots, I have 5 cucumbers planters, one jalapeño, one zucchini, 5 tomatoes planters and cilantro. Can’t wait to harvest.
Your gardening channel is my absolute favourite! I live in a zone 5 area as well so your tips help me immensely. Thank you so much for all that you do!
Thanks! That's very nice of you to say.
Jurassic squash leaves you have! Great info Patrick, your garden is looking wonderful 😆
Thanks!
Wonderful video. I got one of my sons hooked on your channel now. It's fun to compare notes. Thanks. :-)
Thanks Mark! It's great to hear your son is interested in gardening too.
enjoyed your video
Thanks!
From this surpassing intermediate learned gardener's heart to yours, thanks Patrick :-)🌿🌻🍅
My pleasure, Rebecca!
Thank you once again for an another useful video 👍💐
You're welcome, Nitika!
Everything looks so healthy. : )
Thanks!
Great Video. Especially harvest Tomatoes, Green Chilies, Cabbage or lots of other vegetables in small home space
Wow! The leaves on that butternut squash are enormous.
Hi Dayna! Yes, we're very happy with how it's doing.
I have been watching you (and a ton of other gardening channels) now for more than a year, and you, by far, are my favorite!!! Your content is so helpful. Thank you OYR.!
Thanks Sam! That's very nice of you to say.
Nice job good
I look forward to incorporating all your techniques into my projects.
Namaste 🙏
Thanks!
Heartway Farms of Plano Illinois in Kendall County. We enjoy your videos! Your simple and practical advice is much appreciated!
Thanks!
I love farming a lot wonderful video
Thanks Shakina!
Great video! I haven't implemented trellises in my yard because I was unsure on how to plan. I look forward to a garden layout/planning video similar to this video.
Thanks Patrick! The easiest approach is to place your tall vertical crops on the north side of the garden (facing south) if you live in the northern hemisphere, and on the south side if you live in the southern hemisphere.
Valuable information. Thank you! Greetings from the Balkans
I’ve learned so much from you Patrick,
Thank you very much. I have only one 2x10 raised bed ( along driveway) n grow bags to garden and recently I purchased 4 galvanized steel same the one you have in your front yard and hopefully can grow more n follow your instructions. Gardening brings so much fun and great feelings. Thanks Patrick!
You're welcome, Ramona! I'm glad my videos have helped.
Hi there, I´ve just mentioned your video in one of mine, actually you are kind of an inspiration to me, but i grow in a full urban enviroment!
thnx for every vid.
Greetings from México!
Thanks! Best wishes with your channel and garden.
This is spot on video so many of the neighbors, as well as friends are getting into landscaping for foods and ornamental plants which are good for birds (eat bugs&pests) and add another beautiful aspect in our garden areas, Love that Oscar and his antics!😀 Please do more of these so I can tell newbies about your Y.T. posts Thanks Patrick! !BTW love looking at your garden areas always! !
Thanks! It's great that your neighbors and friends are getting into edible landscaping too.
I have my watermelon growing on an art tripod now it looks like a watermelon Christmas tree. I dig your hoops. I'm going to try that.
Hi Christopher! That's a great way to grow watermelon.
Moving from zone 7b to 5a this winter and leaving my current career in order to make a serious effort towards market gardening. Will be starting out with a 5k sq.ft. plot. I’ve been reading such books as Elliot Coleman’s The New Organic Grower, and watching a lot of videos from many different gardeners. Out of all of them so far, your videos have been the most enjoyable due to your calm demeanor and no-frills explanations. I like the immersive format and how you make it feel like we’re walking through your garden with you instead of most videos which feel more like a presentation to a classroom. Also gives me a confidence boost knowing I’ll be facing some greater challenges in a colder climate, but with patience and a level head, I just might have a shot at growing a wider range of crops. Thanks for your videos!
Hi Patrick love your channel
Thanks Indira!
Thanks for sharing Patrick! I'm so happy that I have a very successful year of growing , next year will try to make some trellis like yours, I use t-post with nylon net trellis, they are great for peas and beans but couldn't hold lots of weight. I tried different methods of growing tomatoes, and found out you are right, metal pole is the best.Thank you and happy gardening!
You're welcome, Joanne! I'm glad to hear you're having a great growing season.
Hi Patrick, I'd forgotten Patty Pan squash is on your recommended list and boy, did they outshine absolutely EVERYTHING in production this year! My subconcious was paying closer attention thankfully, so belated trhanks for the recoomendatrion! I got my seed as a gift from Jim Pilarchik , btw! They wil be in my gardens every year from now on!
great tips thx for sharing. :)
Thanks!
After living in my new zone for a few years I now know what grows best and which produce the most. Most of my produce will be stored all winter to feed my two dogs and one cat. Organically grown veggies are a wonderful way to keep us heathy and live longer. My dog is coming on 15 years.. I watch your videos here I also follow you on Facebook. I have learned a lot from you. Thanks..
mulch intensively can be good advice too... as I watched more of your videos I was encouraged to mulch intensively everywhere even on my paths. wish I had done that sooner.
That's very good advice.
This is very encouraging :) :)
That's good to hear, Mandi!
Thanks you inspire me hope you and your famili ok in this situación c19 Puerto Rico Hugs
1:06 -- Your lettuce is beautiful.
(And until now, I didn't know that one could harvest more than one head from a plant. Thank you.)
Thanks Kevin! When you use a cut and come again approach, you may not get a full head after cutting, but you'll get more leaves.
Great work as always, thank you for sharing top 5 tips, the garden looks good as always (insert thumbs up emoji here)
Thanks Giovanni!
I have Sugar Pie pumpkins on the list for next season. They appear to be an awesome variety.
I'm glad they're doing well for you too, Joe!
Thanks Patrick! This is such an information dense presentation! Sharing with "new to gardening" friends now. It will be of so much help.
Thanks Steph!
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Contents:
0:16 Grow high yielding crops
2:04 Grow in beds
3:42 Plant intensively
4:47 Grow vertically
6:40 Grow in containers
Books on Intensive Planting:
“Square Foot Gardening” by Mel Bartholomew: amzn.to/2nd09Cn
“How to Grow More Vegetables” by John Jeavons: amzn.to/2AIpzRJ
Grow Bags I Use:
7 gallon plastic grow bags: amzn.to/2OewKTT
10 gallon Smart Pots: amzn.to/2MiYcyV
How You Can Support OYR without spending a penny:
If you shop on Amazon, you can support OYR simply by clicking this link (bookmark it too) before shopping: www.amazon.com/?tag=oneya-20
Thanks
Starting my first ever garden in the very hot and sunny high desert in SoCal
I’ve been on the community garden plot list for 5 years, got a call & I’m in!!!!
but very nervous 😬😊
Best wishes with your garden, Patty!
Hello Patrick. I have been thinking about planting a vegetable garden for years now but your channel is so informative and inspiring that my wife and I have already planned next year's garden. One resource I would love to see, if you have one, is a list of your recipes. I have seen several dishes you have made in your videos which all look wonderful. I just wondered if there was one video or place on your facebook site that has all of your recipes together.
Thanks Adam! This FB page features links to many recipes. Best wishes with your first garden!
We missed your posting, you should make more videos
One way to use more space is to grow sweet potatoes in your compost pile. Im going to try this next year.
Great tip, Patrick!
I thought it was another harvest video those are what I live for 🙁 bt anyways loved this one 😍 I can see Patric you are very passionate about UA-cam besides gardening 😃 💜
Thanks Nourine! I hope to do 1 or 2 harvest videos later this month.
I believe I've viewed all of your videos, I like this one the best for its sound, practical advice. I consider myself a veteran gardener and I'll attest to the effectiveness of your simple advice. I grow everything I can vertically even though I'm blessed with a large acreage (my Butternut squash sprawls over several sections of my yard ... I like the look). One thing about tomatoes ... even though I'm not "space-challenged", I continue to grow my indeterminate plum tomatoes in a four foot square raised bed (9 plants per bed). The tomatoes are not grown vertically but supported by cages and a rough wood frame. Many thanks for all your videos. Cheers.
Thanks Ron! I'm glad you liked the video. I think I'd still grow a lot of plants vertically in a larger garden as well.
Hi Patrick! Love your garden so much! I would love to see a picture of your front garden or at least a diagram of the bed layout in it. I know you showed it in your video last week, but I'd love to see it in it's entirety!! I guess I'm nosy!! LOL!! BTW...I'm definitely getting one of your t shirts!
Thanks Mary Ann! My last video actually showed the whole front yard garden. It's tiny. This diagram shows the layout: www.growveg.com/garden-plans/882754/
Thanks for the reply. You're growing so much food in that little space!!!!
I sure miss your channel. Hope all is well with you.
Year 2 with metal trellises and wondered how I managed my tomatoes before. Waiting for same tomatoes to ripen ... Cherokee purple and pink Brandywine grew very well and the fruit must be over one pound per piece. Also have one massive spaghetti squash - lots of male flowers but rarely a female one in sight. Enjoy your fruit + veggies.
That's great to hear, Valerie! I'm glad you crops are doing well on the trellises.
It took me a while to figure out that high yield vegetables are the way to go for me. I'm pretty sure the ones I grow are all on the list. Kale is by far my best producer even growing dwarf blue. Half of a 4x8 bed yields high volumes of leaves that can even be frozen and used in the winter. I haven't worked out the vertical squash thing though. Bush acorn squash works the best for me. I get enough to last well into the winter without refrigeration. Still working on lettuce, but I've got a fall crop just coming up and I'm going to try cut and come again.
You're right. Growing high yielding crops makes a big difference. Kale and Swiss Chard are probably our 2 biggest producing greens, because we can keep them alive through winter.
I love your videos!
Have you ever tried to grow moringa? (In your zone it would be an indoor in winters in a pot) i have heard amazing things about it.
Thanks Christine! We haven't tried growing moringa yet.
Charles Dowding from Britain wrote a book and does UA-cam videos. He does multi module sowing.
Yes, I love Charles' garden and videos.
You probably have lots sun and good long season !
Patrick, are there guitar tabs available for the instrumental ditty that plays in the middle and end of this clip? Its a beautiful little piece of music.
Thanks! Unfortunately, I don't have tab for any of the music yet.
What variety was that bibb lettuce? Looked great
Thanks William! It's Arctic King. We harvested it in late spring.
Wow, Patrick, those heads of bibb lettuce are amazing! What variety are they?
Thanks Laura! It's Arctic King. The harvest was in late spring.
Thank you Patrick! I'm ordering Arctic King seeds this week. Really excited!
This year was terrible for tomatoes, for myself at least ..I've got both blight and leaf spot...on the other hand I'm getting huge watermelons and lots of melons...in Canada! Great video as always
Thanks! Our tomatoes aren't doing as well this year as well. I'm happy to hear your melons are doing so well. Do you have them under cover? We've never been able to grow them successfully.
OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening yes, I made low tunnels 4'*12' with PVC pipes, used 3' sections of metal conduit as anchors and 6mil poly as cover. I also have IRT plastic mulch below them with a soaker hose underneath. I kept the plastic on and off till the second week of June when they started flowering. Pretty cheap set up, but the difference with my other melons outside of the tunnel is quite big. I should start harvesting any time now
Hello Patrick , from Voorheesville, NY. What are the chances you could do a video on growing veggies "Indoors In Containers" for over the winter, or for like now, when the humidity is just too damn high for those of us with heart & lung problems to be out side?
That's a great video idea, Richard! If you have a large south facing window, you can probably grow greens in winter and even tomatoes in summer.
Just wondering what your elaborate positioning of trellises would be to get more of them without casting too much shade?
You are almost to calm and collected for me hahaha
Thanks you so much needed advise.when is the best time to plant turnips seeds I'm in VA.
You're welcome, Tameka! Turnips grow best when planted before the last frost in late winter or early spring. But they can also be grown for a fall crop. Here are the planting calendars I follow for spring and fall. They include planting dates for turnips. To use the calendars, select "File/Make a Copy" or "File/Download as Microsoft Excel". Then enter your last frost date in the spring calendar and your first frost date in the fall calendar.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Atd6d9NeJBIoTCkEet4y_wiO6K2U7fttQDoKji3QEsA/edit?usp=sharing
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X5MCitLZFTwf1p332kO-4l9BStB2DPcTnbx-0xcqVTA/edit?usp=sharing
OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks you so much. I download it thank you have a blessed day.
I want to add more perennial vegetables to my garden, and i am considering good king Henry and lovage as new additions. I haven't been able to find anyone who has grown them. How has your experience been with them? Would you recommend growing them?
I love your channel. You have forever changed they way i garden. :) it is now much less work, and my harvests are much larger.
Thanks for all you do,
Matthew
Congratulations on your gardening success, Matthew! I'm glad my channel helped. We enjoy both Good King Henry and Lovage. If you eat a lot of greens, you'll like Good King Henry. It's not as tender as some greens, but we add small amounts to salads, and we also use it as a spinach substitute in cooked dishes. Lovage is like a cross between celery and parsley. It's good in soups and potato salad, for example.
When is a new video coming out Patrick? been missing seeing your garden!
I hope to have a harvest video out by Sunday.
I want to get a piece of land right now
I might have missed it but I didn’t hear you explain another advantage to intensive gardening...wide beds, with walking paths only on the edge of the beds, prevents compaction of the soil. Compacted soils are limiting to yield since the roots have a harder time extending into the surrounding area thus limiting their nutrient intake.
Excellent point, Andrea!
I built four trellis' and have had wonderful results with them. In Minnesota we have had a hot summer and until recently quite a bit of rain. One of my cucumber vines exploded with cucumbers and then died. Is this common? The other three vines are fine and still producing.
I'm glad your trellises are working out! It's hard to say what happened to the cucumber plant. There are so many diseases and pests that affect cucumbers. Ours are struggling a bit this year, but we're getting pretty good production.
thought of myself as zone 5 but last frost june 15th. first frost sept. 15th. maybe not. northeast California.
very helpful video thankyou
I'm sure this has been asked and answered, but how big is the plot we see in your videos? Thank you for the great channel!
Thanks! The backyard is 50' by 25'.
Did I miss the promised garlic harvest comparison video? Or is it still coming?
I could make an interesting video on the world's most neglected garlic patch! Those clumps just keep spreading sideways for years! And the leaves grow lush and thick, perfect for grabbing a handful any time.
Yeah, garlic will definitely grow as a perennial if you leave some behind every year. We find that the bulbs are smaller with this approach, though. Have you noticed the same? I shot footage of our garlic harvests, but haven't put them together yet.
Yes, the bulbs are much smaller, but are they pungent! Yes they are!!
I also have some larger bulbs growing in an area I don't forget about.
By the way, my coffee grounds tally is now up to 1,300 litres from my tiny town!! And a bonus is that I also collect lots of cardboard from one of my suppliers. That's 330 US gallons of coffee grounds. And it is still the tourists' off season here. Will be fascinating to see the effect it has on my garden this year.
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What is that grid material you are using for your trellis-ing?
Hi Eugene! It's concrete remesh. This video shows how I built the trellises: ua-cam.com/video/9RPLtYpWkg8/v-deo.html
Those pumpkins look awesome hanging from the hoops. I’m definitely going to try that next year! Also, when can I get a T Shirt?! Love your channel 😊
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Just wondering your views on Compost Tea and it’s different formulations? Cheers from Down Under
Hi Michael! I agree with the idea of building the soil food web with compost and mulch, but I don't use compost tea and am not convinced of its claimed benefits.
Can you explain the grow bags please
We use 7 gallon plastic grow bags and 10 gallon Smart Pots.
Your garden is so full and beautiful. I need to grow some of that head lettuce it looked so good. What variety is it? How much heat can it take? Thank you as always.. Have a great day..!!
Thanks! It's Arctic King. It loves cold weather and we harvested it in late spring.
Do you have any tips if your HOA turns off water to the sprinklers and it's 120 degrees out? I already lost a banana tree.
infringinator they make hose attachments you can hook to your kitchen sink. Get a long hose and stretch it out the door!! Ps I’m in Phoenix and it’s super hot. Both my banana trees died and I’m so sad
I don't have experience growing in very hot dry climates, but I'd heavily mulch the soil with wood chips and other organic mulches and do my best to bring out large buckets of water for thirsty plants.
I am moving!!
I am moving to the forest (diminished sun due to trees) and I can solve those issues.
however there are squirrels everywhere.and they leap from tree to tree via the foliage (I did not know they did that) thus the question...
how will I have fruits, I assume they will eat everything, how do I deter them?
Barriers like cages and netting are the best protection from squirrels. A garden cat would help too.
apparently dark leaved plants absorb more heat, and light coloured leaves reflect more light and that is used to create microclimates in permaulture
Interesting!
I'm not there yet! Someday I hope to have a big beautiful, productive garden! At this time of the year squirrels dig all over in my grow bags and pots. Sometimes they destroy full grown plants and seedlings. For new plantings I cover pots with chicken wire, but for plants I can't do that. I cover some with cages to protect them. But always I have squirrel damage someplace. How do you handle those little creatures?
Hi Jan. Squirrels don't cause too many problems for us. I think it's because they have so many alternative food sources in the area. I think you're already on the right track with cages.
They don't eat any of my plants or vegetables, they bury nuts all over the place! And they dig in many of my pots, just for the fun of it! Ugh! Right now they are just crazy!
Jan, we built a cage to protect our tomatoes. Then they dug into the side of my grow bag. I assumed they were looking for water and now I put a bowl of water out. I see them drink out of it. The grow bag hole hasn't gotten worse as far as I can tell.
They ate my decorative pumpkins last fall, but not the squash on vines. Mini pumpkins are basically their personal sized gourmet treat!
Anybody know what that second pepper was shown after the jalapeños? I seeded California wonder green peppers and what is growing looks just like the image that he showed
Hi Lucy! They're Thai Chili Peppers. They're very hot and will turn red when they ripen.
AHH!! Red Hot Chili Peppers!!! ;) You're growing one of my favorite bands!! LOL!!!
Are those grow bags you use made of some type of fabric, or are they plastic?
We have both plastic and fabric grow bags. These are the bags we use:
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Bring more videos and more with Oscar
Miss your videos man, update us on Oscar at least!
Where would I find a 5 gallon grow bag?
Hi Carlos! We use these 7 gallon grow bags: amzn.to/2EpuzvR They also have a 5 gallon bag, which you can select on this page. I hope this helps!
Where you at my man!? Haven't seen anything new from you in a couple of years
what are your tips for growing oregano? mine never does good
I'm sorry to hear that Jack. What's the climate like where you live? Where we live oregano grows like a weed. All we do is plant seeds in the ground after the last frost. They don't require much more than that.
im in maryland zone 7. hot humid summers, and kinda cold winters. i usually get them as transplants but maybe next year ill try from seed